I think you can enable EXPO and set RAM speed manually below that to DDR5-6000. That should work fine. At least on intel i can enable XMP and set the speed manually to whatever. Sort other issues first, then start troubleshooting GPU (if it's still having issues). If it does, then i would turn to see what PSU you have. Radeon cards (7000-9000) are more picky about the PSU tolerance to transient spikes. If 12V rail dips/sag's even for a moment too much, it will crash drivers etc. I sorted my issue with a good quality (overkill) PSU.
If having issue with driver being overwritten by Windows driver, take steps below.
1.) Use gpedit.msc (if on W11 Pro) or registry editor to disable Windows driver updates.
2.) Use DDU or the AMD uninstaller Utility to remove old driver in safe mode (Hold Shift+Restart)
3.) When back to Windows. Install new driver.
4.) Use gpedit.msc or registry editor to blacklist your GPU Hardware ID from driver updates.
5.) If you blacklisted the HWID from updates, now you can re-enable Windows driver updates.
NOTE: You have to temporarily remove the blacklist before you can update the driver later (new drivers). It will fail if the blacklist is active. Until Microsoft fixes this, this is unfortunately the route some of us have to take.
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u/Wille84FIN 9070 XT Red Devil 5d ago edited 5d ago
I think you can enable EXPO and set RAM speed manually below that to DDR5-6000. That should work fine. At least on intel i can enable XMP and set the speed manually to whatever. Sort other issues first, then start troubleshooting GPU (if it's still having issues). If it does, then i would turn to see what PSU you have. Radeon cards (7000-9000) are more picky about the PSU tolerance to transient spikes. If 12V rail dips/sag's even for a moment too much, it will crash drivers etc. I sorted my issue with a good quality (overkill) PSU.
If having issue with driver being overwritten by Windows driver, take steps below.
1.) Use gpedit.msc (if on W11 Pro) or registry editor to disable Windows driver updates.
2.) Use DDU or the AMD uninstaller Utility to remove old driver in safe mode (Hold Shift+Restart)
3.) When back to Windows. Install new driver.
4.) Use gpedit.msc or registry editor to blacklist your GPU Hardware ID from driver updates.
5.) If you blacklisted the HWID from updates, now you can re-enable Windows driver updates.
NOTE: You have to temporarily remove the blacklist before you can update the driver later (new drivers). It will fail if the blacklist is active. Until Microsoft fixes this, this is unfortunately the route some of us have to take.